Vending-machine.



A PATBNTBD JAN. 1, 1907.

1HE Nantais Firmas co', wAsHmamN. u. c.

PATENTED JAN. 1, 1907.

J. VIERLING. VBNDING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED DBO. 1B, 1905.

2 SEBETS-SKEET 2.

` to provide UNITED sTATns PATENT j OFFIOE.

VENDlNGl-NIACHINE Specification of' Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 1, 1907.

Application filed December 18, 1905. Serial No. 292,841.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH VIERLING, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vending-Machines, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in vending-machines; and the invention has for its primary object a novel form of coin-controlled vending-machine. forv sanitary shields or pieces of paper.

My invention aims to provide a machine of the above-described type which Will be compact in form and occupy comparatively small space in a closet. The machine is adapted to be used not only as a vendingmachine, but asa disinfector, which is adapted to disinfect the paper contained within the machine, also the compartment or closet in connection with which it is used.

To this end I have constructed a vendingmachine which is particularly adapted to be used in connection 'with my improved sanitary shields, which are the subject-matter of an accompanying application. The delivery of sanitary shields from the machine is controlled by a mechanism adapted to be placed in an operative condition by the insertion of a coin wit 'n the machine, the mechanism which I have employed being positive in its action and free from all danger of being injured by constant use.

With the above and other objects in view, which will more readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and then specifically pointed out in the claims, and, referring to the drawings accompanying this application, like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved machine. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a portion of the coin-controlled mechanism. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the same looking at the mechanism from another point of view. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view of my improved machine. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the movable shieldcarrying plate. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a coin-holding spring. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of a pin used in connection with my improved machine. Fig. 8 is a fragmentary sectional view of the coin-chute and plunger-casing of the coin-controlling mechanism of my improved machine.

To put my invention into practice, I construct my improved vending-machine of a rectangular casing or housing 1, embodying a base-plate 2, to which is hinged or pivotally connected, as at 3, a front plate 4, said plate being bent, as at 5, and terminating in a top plate 6. Adapted to t upon the 'base-plate 1 is a rear wall 7, carrying side walls 8 and 9, which, together with the front plate 4 and the top plate 6, form a rectangular casing or housing.

The base-plate 2 .is provided with up- Wardly-extending angular cleats 10 upon its sides, to which the side walls 8 and 9 are secured by screws 11 11. The rear edge of the base-plate is cut away, as at 12, to accommodate a depending pierced lug 14, carried by the rear wall 7 of the casing. The upper edges of the side walls adjacent to the rear wall 7 are provided with while the top plate 6 is providedwith depending pierced lugs 16 16, adapted to aline with the apertures 15 15 of the side walls 8 and 9. A pin 17 is adapted to pass through the apertures 15 and the pierced lugs 16 to retain the front plate 4 and the top plate 6 in engagement with the side walls 8 and 9. The pin 17 is provided with knob 18 upon its one end, while its opposite end is contracted, as at 19, to form a button 20, and upon the contracted portion of the pin may be secured a conventional tain the pin within the side walls.

The front plate 4 is provided with a transverse slot 21, and upon the inner side of said plate adjacent to said slot is mounted a strip of resilient material 22, such as rubber. D1- rectly beneath the slot 21 is formed a vertically-disposed coin-slot 23, which is surrounded by an escutcheon-plate 24. Be-

neath the coin-slot 23 is formed an opening 25, through which the actuating-handle 26 is adapted to extend.

The rear wall 7 of thefcasing is pierced, as at 27 27, in order that the casing may be secured to the wall of a compartment or closet. The upper edge of the wall 7 extends above the top plate 6, as at 28, and adapted to be secured to this portion of the rear wall are the directions as to the manner in which to form of lock (not shown) to ieapertures 15 15,.

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operate the machine, said directions being retained in engagement with the rear wall 7 of the machine by a frame 29, secured to the rear wall, as at 30. The rear wall is provided with an inwardly-extending supporting-bar 31, upon which is slidably mounted a movable shield-carrying plate 32. The front edge of the plate has its edges cut away, as at 33, in order that the front edge of the plate may pass into the slot 21 of the plate 4 when it is operated, as will be presently described. The bottom face of the plate is provided with a longitudinally-disposed sleeve 34, adapted to fit upon the supporting-bar 31, said sleeve being provided with a depending angular plate 35 at its rear end, the object of which will presently appear.

The forward end of the sleeve 34 is cut away, as at 36 36, and when said sleeve is moved forward a transverse rod 37, carried by the side walls 8 and 9 of the casing, is adapted to engage in the cut-away portions 36 36 of said sleeve and limit the forward movement of said sleeve and shield-carrying plate 32, it being obvious that the rod 37 is mounted in close proximity to the slot 21 and in alinement with the bottom edge of the plate 32. The plate is provided with a depending hook 38, which is connected to a hook 39, carried by the rear wall 7 of the casing by a coiled spring 40, said coiled spring belng employed to return the movable shield-carrying plate to its normal position after it has been moved.

Reference will now be had to the coincontrolledmeohanism which is adapted to operate and move the shield-carrying plate 32, this mechanism being clearly shown in Figs. 2 to 4, inclusive, of the drawings. Centrally of the base-plate 2 is mounted a vertically-disposed plate 41, having an upper beveled edge 42. Carried by the plate 41 is a plunger-casing 43, having a slot 44 formed in its upper edge, and mounted upon said casing is an angularly-disposed coin-chute 45, said chute registering with the slot 44 of the casing 43. The chute is arranged along the beveled edge 42 of the plate 41 and is ada ted to lie in close proximity to the verticall -disposed slot 23 of the casing, whereby when a coin is deposited in said slot it will be conveyed by the chute 45 to the slot 44 of the plunger-casing 43. In the plunger-casing is mounted a plunger 46, which upon its one end carries a handle 26, while its opposite end is cut away, as at 47. The plunger-casing 43 has its one side slotted, as at 48, and extending into the casing through said slot is -the angular end 49 of a spring 50, said spring `being fixed to the plate 41, as at 51.

hen a coin is deposited in the machine, its forward movement in the plunger-casing 43 is limited by the angular end 49 of the spring 50, and as the plunger 46 moves forward the coin forces the end of the spring outwardly upon the handle 26.

' actuating-block 43,

normal position wardlyuntil the coin has passed, at which time the spring recedes into the cut-away portion 47 of the plunger and retards the movement of another coin passing through the chute 45, also limiting the rearward movement ofa coin within the casing 43 after it has passed the spring 50.

Slidably mounted in the plunger-casing 43 at its rear end is an actuating-block 52, carrying outwardly-'extending pins 53 and 54 said pins protruding through longitudinallydisposed slots 55 55, formed in the sides of the plunger-casing 43. The bottom of the plunger-casing is provided with a slot 56, through which a coin is ada ted to pass after it has been forced rearwardlly by the plunger 46 to engage the actuating-block 52, said coin completing a two-part plunger which operates the movable shield-carrying plate 32 to deliver a shield through the slot 21 of said casing.

The plate 41 is provided with an angularlydisposed bar 57, to the upper end of which is pivote as at 59, a lever 50, the lower end of said lever normally contacting with the pin 54 of the actuatin -block 52, while itsupper end contacts with the rear face of the depending plate 35 of the sleeve 34. The pin 53 is connected to a pin 60, carried by the plate 41, by a coiled spring 61, said spring being adapted to retain the actuating-block 42 in a forward position within the plungercasing 43. The bar 57 is provided with an outwardly-extending pin 62, through which is adapted to pass a spring-carryingv rod 63, said rod being secured to the forward end of the plunger 46 and having a coiled spring 64 mounted thereon, said spring normally retaining the plunger 46 in a forward position, ready to be operated.

In operation when a coin has been deposited in the slot 23 and passed through the chute 45 to the plunger-casi ng the machine is in position to be operated by pressing in- This movement of the handle forces the plunger 46 inwardly, which causes the coin to move the and as said block moves the pin 54, carried by said block, strikes the lower end of the lever 59, causing it to strike the plate 35 of the movable shield-carrying plate. This plate is moved forward until the sleeve 34 of said plate engages the rod 37, at which time the forward end of said plate will have protruded through the transverse slot 21 and the lowermost sanitary shield carried by said plate will be held by the flexible material 22, while the plate 32 will be returned to its normal position by the spring 40. The

inward movement of the plunger- 46 permits of the coin dropping through the slot 56 into the casing when the plunger has reached its stroke, and then the plunger together with the actuating-block 52 are returned to their through the medium of AIOO IIO

springs 64 and 61. When the edge of the sanitary shield has protruded through the slot 21, it can be easily withdrawn by a person desiring to use the same.

In Fig. 4 of the drawings I have illustrated in dotted lines a receptacle 66, adapted to contain av disinfectant or a chemical preparation the fumes of which will impregnate the paper or shields contained Within the casing, the disinfectant also'affecting the compartment or room in which it is used by the odors of the same passing through o enings 65, (see Fig. 1 formed in the side wallJQ of the casing.

The transverse rod 37 besides limiting the movement of the shield carrying plate is adapted to support a pile of shields while one of said shields is being moved through the transverse slot 21 of the machine.

I do not care to confine myself to the speciiic type of shields or disinfectant used in connection with my improved vending-machine, and it will of course be understood that the machine may be readily used for vending envelops, writing-paper, and articles that can be readily supported within my improved vending-machine.

Such changes in the construction and 0peration of the vending-machine as are permissible by the appended claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is#l 1. A vending-machine comprising a closed box or casing having a delivery-opening in the front wall thereof, a resilient strip secured to the inner face of the front wall of the box or casing and projecting above the lower edge of said delivery-opening, a bar projecting from the rear wall of the box or casing, a shield-carrying plate having a sleeve slidable on said bar and cut away to form a shoulder at its forward end, a rod mounted in the casing to be engaged by said shoulder and limit the forward movement of the said carryingplate, a depending angularly-disposed plate carried by said sleeve, a plunger-casing mounted within the box or casing, a plunger therein extending through the front wall of the box or casing, means actuated by said plunger for engagement with the angularlydisposed plate depending from the carryingplate to move said carrying-plate forwardly and engage the outer end thereof in the delivery-opening, means to return the plunger to its normal position, and means to return said shield-carrying plate to its normal position, substantially as described.

2. In a vending-machine, the combination with a box or casing having a delivery-opening in the front wall thereof, of a supportingbar carried by the casing, a shield-carrying plate having a sleeve slidably mounted on said bar, means arranged in the casing adj acent to the delivery-openmg for limiting the outward movement of said shield-carrying plate, an angularly-disposed plate depending from the shield-carrying plate, a plunger-casing, a plunger mounted therein and extending through the front wall of the box or casing, a pivoted lever actuated by the plunger on its inward movement to engage said epending plate and move the shield-carrying plate forwardly to delivery position, means to return the plunger to its normal position, and means to return the shield-carr ying plate to its normal position.

3. A vending-machine comprising a box or casing having a delivery-opening in the front wall thereof, a flexible strip secured to the inner face of said front wall and projecting above the lower edge of the delivery-opening, a supporting-bar projecting forwardly from the rear Wall of the box or casing, a shieldcarrying plate having a sleeve slidably mounted on said supporting-bar, said shieldcarrying plate having its side edges cut away at the forward end to permit said forward end to project through the delivery-opening, means coacting with said sleeve for limiting the forward movement of said carrying-plate an angularly-disposed plate carried by said sleeve, a plunger-casing arranged within the aforesaid box or casing, a plunger operating therein, a pin carried by said plun er and projecting through a slot in the wal of the plunger-casing, a pivotally-mounted lever engaged by said pin adjacent one end and at its other end engaging the angularly-disposed plate to move the shield-carrying plate, forwardly as the plunger is moved inwardly,- means for returning the plunger to its normal position, means for returning the shieldcarrying plate to its normal position.

1. A vending-machine, comprising a box or casing having a disinfectant-receptacle therein, and having openings in one of its walls, the front wall of the box or casing having a delivery-opening, and a flexible strip secured to said front wall of the box or casing and projecting above the lower edge of said delivery-opening, in combination with a supporting-bar projecting from the rear wall of the box or casing, a shield-carrying plate provided with a sleeve slidably mounted on said bar and having a shoulder at its forward end, a stop-rod within the box or casing tofengage said shoulder and limit the forward movement of the shield-carrying plate, an angulafly-disposed plate carried by said sleeve, a pivoted lever within the box or casing engaging said angularly-disposed plate, plunger mechanism for actuating said lever to move the shield-carrying plate forwardly in the box or casing, and means for returning said shield-carrying plate to its normal position.

5. `A vending-machine, comprising a box or casing having a delivery-opening in the front waIl thereof, and a flexible strip secured to the box or casing projecting above the IOO IIO

lower edge of said delivery-opening, comshield-carrying plate forwardly and project bined with a shield-carrying plate for supthe outer end thereof through the deliveryporting a pack of paper shields, a sleeve earopening, and means for returning the shieldried by said plate, a supporting-bar received l carrying plate to its normal position.

5 in said sleeve and on which the sleeve is slid- In testimony whereof I aHiX my signature 15 able, means for limiting the forward movein the presence of two witnesses. ment of the shield-carrying plate, an angu- JOSEPH VIERLING. larly-disposed depending plate carried by the Witnesses: said sleeve, mechanism for engagement with JOHN R. STEPHENSON,

Io said angularly-disposed plate to move the 1 K. H. BUTLER. 

